Kasturi Malaviya

Santa Cruz

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Improving global health and education. Bringing change to undeserved communities, locally as well as internationally.

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UCSC March 2012 Medical Brigade - Panama



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Hi. I really appreciate you taking the time out of your busy schedule to visit my page!

I am a volunteer for UCSC Medical Brigade and I will be going to Panama this upcoming spring to help set up clinics in rural and under-served areas. Before I say anything further, it is necessary to mention that resources such as running water, access to medical care, and education are extremely limited in the rural areas of Panama. Skills as simple as knowing how to brush your teeth and maintaining hygiene are lacking. Hence it is crucial that volunteers like me go to these locations to educate and help conduct these clinics. On my upcoming brigade, I will be working hand-in-hand with doctors and dentists to treat patients in rural, under-served communities that otherwise would have no access to medical care. The money that I am fundraising will go towards education, setting up the clinics, and sending volunteers like me to these rural areas in Panama.

ANY donation from you, big or small, would be greatly appreciated. You will be making a difference in many people's lives by improving education and medical support in Panama. Please click donate on behalf of volunteer, and click on Kasturi Malaviya.

Thank you so much for all your help :)

Volunteer Activity Description

Medical Brigade volunteers will set up temporary clinics in pre-identified communities in Eastern Panama to provide health care where access is limited. Each community receives a brigade every 3-4 months. Students on the brigade are given the opportunity to shadow licensed health care professionals while learning about local Panamanian culture. A typical Medical/Dental Brigade clinic consists of six stations: Intake, Triage, Consultation, Dental, Charla (health education), and Pharmacy. Electronic patient records are collected during the brigade to ensure patient follow-up as well as to monitor overall community health trends. Between brigades, the in-country team maintains relationships with the communities to provide follow-up and conduct community health worker training aimed at empowering local leaders to perpetuate a consistent level of health care. For every student who volunteers on a Global Medical Brigade, sixty patients can see a doctor who otherwise would not be able to.

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